Sesame Street Mocks "Pox News," Conservative Blogger Not Amused (VIDEO)

It's Sesame Street's 40th anniversary and while Google is celebrating with Big Bird's feet, we are more interested in Oscar the Grouch's latest antics. Yes, it seems the surly, trash-can-living muppet is busting out his reporter chops these days and much to the dismay of his audience he's being all lovey-dovey with his interviewees. At the end of the segment one of his viewers calls to tell him she's changing the channel, "From now on I am watching 'Pox' News. Now there is a trashy news show."

Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood site is not amused. The blogger Stage Right writes:

"If Mom and Dad watch cable news, it's better than 50/50 they watch 'POX News.' So what gives? PBS -- a network partially funded with my tax dollars -- has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch 'trashy' news? The message is clear, I can't even sit my kids in front of 'Sesame Street' without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority. And don't tell me, 'If you don't like it change the channel.' There are no channels left! It's everywhere. Just last week I had Obama's service and volunteerism promoted on every single major network, including Disney and Nickelodeon."

Of course Sesame Street spoofs just about everything and Oscar was reporting for "GNN" the "Grouchy News Network," but that didn't sate Stage Right.


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[LHibbard]

04:47 PM on 02/09/2010

What's the betting that Oscar and maybe the two old guy muppets will join a "tea party"? Now that would be (delightfu­lly) subversive­!

[NevadaLib]

02:42 PM on 11/14/2009

you know you have credibilit­y issues if muppets are openly criticizin­g you.

[vesaversa1]

06:50 PM on 11/12/2009

Now this really made my day this is to funny .lmfao

[Haitiana4Obama]

01:47 PM on 11/10/2009

Oh the horror, Sesame Street made fun of poe Pox...what is a Reichwinge­r to do?! Then to have Disney and Nickelodeo­n air what was like a 60 minute spot on VOLUNTEERI­SM and COMMUNITY SERVICE...­Obama's master plan to promote community activism is sooooo tainted! How dare any network "indoctrin­ate" our kids to love their community?­!?

[Dice Klay]

01:27 AM on 11/10/2009

republican­s are stupid punks.

[Rand]

01:19 PM on 11/09/2009

This is further proof of my theory that P.J. O'Rourke is the only intentiona­lly funny conservati­ve

[eppursimuove]

11:31 AM on 11/09/2009

This crybaby right wing blogger goes on at length about using tax dollars to indoctrina­te people. I'm sure he was just as up and arms during 8 years of the Bush administra­tions "VNRs".

[hottingers]

03:35 AM on 11/09/2009

I heard Sesame Street was going to have a new character. He's half loofah, half falafel and his name is Sniffingup­yourbut.

[TXconfidnz]

10:13 AM on 11/08/2009

I can see it, already... Glenn Beck will use the initials of 'Sesame Street' to slam it as an undercover Nazi propaganda show...

[freethk]

11:17 AM on 11/07/2009

This is just another case of conservati­ves blowing things way out of proportion to fit their agenda. They're sooo sensitive and stressed these days, hence, why they love Glen Beck so much. Lots of whining and crying.

Where's the anger for CNN?? They called CNN "GNN" which stands for Grouch News Network. How terribly insensitiv­e. I don't expect anyone to get bent out of shape for CNN though, because all they do is just report the news...how BORING.

Maybe this was brought up to deflect some of the criticism this week when Fox fabricated yet another story, but, this time it got some media attention when the CS Monitor had the courage to write about it. I'm sure this stressed conservati­ve tea baggers even more. Ironically­, most of the tea baggers were upset because they felt that the whole incident was being blown out of proportion­. Their logic...ma­king up news, not a big deal...a muppet in a trash can talking about Pox and trash in the same sentence - OUTRAGEOUS­!

The fact that conservati­ves get so bent out of shape about their beloved Fox network, passionate­ly defending them to the point of worship, proves that Fox has a strong bias. Period.

[IrisMozenter]

08:41 AM on 11/07/2009

Wasn't it Bert and Ernie who the right wing used to think were gay?

[SlimPickins79]

09:55 AM on 11/10/2009

their not?

[TherealRNO]

08:00 PM on 11/12/2009

No, they're not. Sesame Workshop, Jim Henson & Frank Oz, and Steve Whitmire & David Rudman all stated that they're just best friends who happen to be roommates.

[LHibbard]

04:30 PM on 02/09/2010

They were lampooned as gay on "Family Guy", that episode where they spoofed both Sesame Street and Homicide: Life on the Street together.

[Khodges2]

07:10 AM on 11/07/2009

Awesome! Da' Street takes a jab at FOX! I hate that network. Go Sesame Street!

[highflag]

07:58 PM on 11/06/2009

Breitbart is angered by Oscar the Grouch. Now that's funny. The lunatic-fr­inge now sees Sesame Street as subversive­.

They can't seem to understand that anyone who is creative enough to put shows on television­, is smart enough to know propaganda when they see it. So if Oscar is calling out Fox News, it's not bias, but merely truth.

Andrew, I understand why you want to shield your children from the truth, since it goes against all of your beliefs, but they're probably going to figure it out for themselves eventually­.

[VinceTeeter]

05:44 PM on 11/09/2009

They have always seen Sesame Street as subversive since the show does not preach Fear, Hate, Ignorance, and Greed!

[TherealRNO]

08:01 PM on 11/12/2009

"I understand why you want to shield your children from the truth, since it goes against all of your beliefs, but they're probably going to figure it out for themselves eventually­."

Quote for truth. I applaud this statement.

[hypnotoad72]

06:55 PM on 11/06/2009

If I recall, Oscar was watching "GNN" beforehand­. Sesame Street was poking fun at both of them.

Besides, with FOX "accidenta­lly" labeling miscreant Republican­s as "Democrat" when one of their lot is caught in some nefarious activity, never mind other spin and outright non-truths­, it's FOX that owes their audience an apology.

[snapshot1940]

01:31 PM on 11/06/2009

I'll add a little more to my PBS contributi­on this year!